"Come on, sweetie!" Annette's mother walked into her bedroom and nudged her awake with perfectly manicured nails.

"No, mom, go away... sleeping."

"No! I want to show you your first gift! Your father is out right now and since I picked it out for you, I think you can have it now. Get up, darling! We can have breakfast afterwards." Pause. "After you ( Read more... )

Annette was really hoping that Father Gabriel really appreciated the gift she left him, because hello? she never ever wanted to see it again in her life.  She practically fell into her bed and pulled the covers up and over her head, thinking about possibly planning her fake funeral. If Father Gabriel was willing, like he said, then it was worth ( Read more... )

Annette was a tad late to the dinner table and her father only mildly grumbled at her because of it. Her mother arched her brow and indicated Trevor with a dainty lift of her chin. Smiling superficially, Annette sat down in the chair her ex-boyfriend held for her, right next to his own.

All day her mother and father droned on and on about Trevor, ( Read more... )